Viseu discusses the relatively new concept of the human body becoming the host for ICTs in the form of wearable technologies. This means that consumers can be more interactive with their personal devices in a way that defies traditional "extension" methods. Traditional extension methods is of course, referring to the extension of the human body to technology (laptops, cell phones).
One of the more interesting aspects of the paper delved into 5 unique sensors and how they apply towards wearable technology. I really enjoyed this portion as it introduced me to new types of sensors. While at the same time gave a name to the familiar functionalities of popular wearable computers - for example, a FitBit utilizes Biological sensors as some models have the ability to monitor heart rate.
The discussion about the dependency of wearable computers affecting human instinct and experience was widely eye-opening. Viseu used a Doctor as an example- explaining that is a Physician one-day relies on computers to determine diagnostics when those machines are unable to identify the condition, will the Doctor be able to return to their primitive instincts? Growing from that- what if wearable technologies grow to a level in which training doctors do not even develop the necessary instincts and tools critical to their profession? That can be applied to almost every profession. Take a police officer who is trained to detect suspicious behavior and situations. What if a futuristic wearable lie detector test was to fail? Then an innocent person would be in jail -in that case, would the entire legal system be removed? As trials would be unnecessary due to the power of wearable computers.
To summarize, after reading the paper, broadly speaking-I do feel as though wearable computers are on the path towards replacing professional and emotional instincts and behaviours.
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